grús

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See also: grus, Grus, and Gruß

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin grūs.

Pronunciation

Noun

grús m (genitive singular grúis, nominative plural grúis)

  1. crane (bird of the family Gruidae)
    Synonym: corr

Usage notes

Somewhat of a technical term. The usual word for ‘crane’ is corr, but since that word also means ‘heron’ and ‘stork’, the Latin word grūs was pressed into service as an unambiguous word for ‘crane’.

Declension

Declension of grús (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative grús grúis
vocative a ghrúis a ghrúsa
genitive grúis grús
dative grús grúis
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an grús na grúis
genitive an ghrúis na ngrús
dative leis an ngrús
don ghrús
leis na grúis

Mutation

Mutated forms of grús
radical lenition eclipsis
grús ghrús ngrús

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Middle Irish

Etymology

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Noun

grús (gender unknown)

  1. cheese

Mutation

Mutation of grús
radical lenition nasalization
grús grús
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
ngrús

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.